GERMAN SPIES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2286, 21 October 1914, Page 5

GERMAN SPIES

; MANY SHOT IN FRANCE _ London, October 19. The "Daily Express" Paris correspondent states that fifteen spies in Sillery, a village in tho Reims district, were shot in twelve days. The majority; were French workmen, receiving a hundred fraups per week. The epidemic of espionage has been traced to Jliimm, of champagne fame, who told his employees that the industry would shortly bo .a German, one. "If you care for your own interests,"he said, "you will do all you can t<j help the Germans." Mumm has been mado prisoner., REFUGEES ORDERED TO LEAVE DOVER. London, October 19. The commander at Dover has ordered foreign refugees to leave within a week, 'i'here has been considerable' trouble' re* garding suspected" spies.' 7.'."" SECRET STORE OF EXPLOSIVES. London, '.October'l9. A German bought:a property adjoining' the Charenton le-_ Pont quarries, near Paris, and a building was erected, the tender being called by German architects from manufacturers of reinforced concrete. A secret visit revealed that a 60ft.shaft bad been sunk into the underground quarries, wliero military material and explosives sufficient to' explode the town were stored. - DRASTIC AUSTRALIAN BILL,- , Melbourne,' October 20.. The Federal Crimes Bill'lias been reintroduced in Parliament. It contains drastio measures dealing with 6pies, and provides for penalties ranging from ono to seven years' imprisonment.